New member: renovating my 1919 cottage (slowly)...

[Castle-builder]

Hi all,

 

I'm renovating my small 1919 cottage which had significant black mould and crumbling sand-and-cement lining when we moved in. So far we've done:

 

1) Full re-wire and plumbing - moved radiators and taken out electric shower to plumb into boiler system

 

2) Gone back to brick and insulated internally with lime plaster and woodfibre insulation, plus plasterboard on internal walls 

 

3) Insulated loft at rafter level between and below rafter with PIR

 

4) Installed an MVHR system to deal with the condensation / mould issues - haven't seen anything since. 

 

We're currently re-painting and finishing off some of the dusty works so that we can get new carpets upstairs and hardwood floor downstairs. At some point we'll also renovate the front and back doors as they're very draughty. It's probably a summer job. 

 

It's about the limit of what we feel we can do with the house as it's not very large and won't be an EnerPHit, but it's looking a lot better. 

 

Looking for tips and good discussions as I find construction and low energy building design hugely interesting. 

 

Best wishes,

 

Patrick

[Thorfun]

welcome! there are many on here who also find those subjects interesting. enjoy the conversations. 🙂 

[George]

Sounds similar to what I've done.

 

Why did you insulate at rafter level or is it an occupied loft?

[Iceverge]

Good stuff. 

 

What was the build-up of internal wall insulation in mm and order of layers? It's a less covered method here. 

 

Any floor renovation?